11111one11111@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoYSK before you buy a replacement for your cellphone that has stopped charging, buy the $10 cleaning kits and spend the time deep cleaning the phone's charging port.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down116
arrow-up1392arrow-down1imageYSK before you buy a replacement for your cellphone that has stopped charging, buy the $10 cleaning kits and spend the time deep cleaning the phone's charging port.lemmy.world11111one11111@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square89linkfedilink
minus-squarekrakenx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 days agoAlternatively, just grab a free toothpick from a restaurant and use that to clean the port.
minus-squarestarman2112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoToothpicks are WAY too thick. A sewing needle did the job for me though
minus-squareArtoink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoI wouldn’t use metal to clean it. A sewing needle is surely hard enough to scratch the coating on the pins. Plastic or wood would be less destructive for repeated use.
minus-squareTomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoThe old Reddit trope The real LPT is in the comments
Alternatively, just grab a free toothpick from a restaurant and use that to clean the port.
Toothpicks are WAY too thick. A sewing needle did the job for me though
I wouldn’t use metal to clean it. A sewing needle is surely hard enough to scratch the coating on the pins. Plastic or wood would be less destructive for repeated use.
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The old Reddit trope
The real LPT is in the comments